Brothers in Jussie Smollett case file defamation suit against the actor's legal team.
Jussie Smollett attends Leighton Criminal Court with his attorney Tina Glandian on March 14, 2019, in Chicago.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Minyvonne Burke and Andrew Blankstein
In the 16-page suit filed Tuesday in the Northern District of Illinois, Ola and Abel Osundairo accuse lawyers Mark Geragos and Tina Glandian of making"public defamatory statements" against them after Chicago prosecutors dropped charges against Smollett. “We will no longer sit back and allow these lies to continue," the brothers said in a statement their attorney, Gloria Schmidt, read at a news conference.
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